Lukesh Bajaj

About Lukesh Bajaj

Dr. Lukesh Bajaj is an Intellectual property management professional with more than 20 years of experience in mentoring the IP team of leading pharmaceutical companies in India. He helps pharmaceutical companies to protect their invention, to develop the non-infringing drug substance process and API to register successfully in different jurisdictions including US, EU, MENA, CIS and ASEAN. He is doctorate in Organic Chemistry from IIT Delhi and his core skill and job profile encompass:· Patent landscape/Dossier preparation for API· IP support for API Synthesis, Generic Product Development and Hatch-Waxman Litigations· Freedom to Operate analysis of API process and Polymorph for each product and at each stage· End to end responsibilities for patentability analysis, Drafting, filing & Prosecution of patent applications for different territories· Portfolio management and support to Business Development team· Tracking and monitoring of competitor’s research pipelines for identification of early business opportunity· Designing IP strategies for Generic Drug Development or providing design around strategies to overcome the constraining API process and Polymorph patents.· Screening products based on IP opportunity for PARA IV Filing· First to file, Early Launch opportunity for US, EU, MENA, CIS, ASEAN and ROW markets.· Devising Strategy for patent invalidation and filing oppositions· Preparation and review of Para IV notice letters, patent invalidation or NI opinions, litigation settlement agreements and other legal documents· Monitoring and reviewing the impact of competitor’s litigation on company’s product launch plan in respective territory.· Co-ordinating with Attorneys for various activities involving patent filing, opposition filing, Domestic and Hatch Waxman litigation· Preparing and tracking IP budget· Supervisory and Leadership SkillDatabase used: Scifinder, Patbase, Orbit patent Search, Cortellis, Darts IP, Delphion, Newport Global etc.

Experience

1. Associate Vice President

   Micro Labs Limited

   Oct 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Delhi University

  B.Sc. (H), Chemistry

  1994 — 1996

• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

  M.Sc, Analytical Chemistry

  1996 — 1998

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  Ph.D, Organic Chemistry

  1998 — 2004

Skills

• Chemistry
• Patent Litigation
• Organic Chemistry
• Scifinder
• Glp
• Validation
• Formulation
• Anda
• R&D
• Patents
• Intellectual Property
• Regulatory Affairs
• Lifesciences
• Cheminformatics
• Drug Delivery
• Patentability
• Patent Searching
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Sop
• Fda
• Prior Art Search
• Nanoparticles
• Legal Writing
• Patent Prosecution
• Prosecution